FEBRUARY 1922
Onoe Eizaburô VII (尾上榮三郎) as Asazuma (浅妻)
Play: Asazuma Bune (浅妻船)
Performance Place: Shintomi-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 02/01/22
Print Date: 03/01/26
Artist: Matsuda Seifû (松田青風)
Medium: Machine printed lithograph
Series: Thirty-Six Selected Actors (No. 15) (三十六家選 (その十五))
Published: Frontispiece to Engei Shashinchô (演藝寫真帖; 演芸写真帖),
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Mar. 1, 1926)
Personal Collection
Note: It is possible that this print depicts a later regional
performance.
JUNE 1927
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Asazuma
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓) ; Futatsu
Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記);
Asazuma-bune ( 浅妻船); Yakudoshi ( 厄年)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki
coverÔtsue
Note: The cover also depicts Bandô Hikosaburô VI
(坂東彦三郎) as Imosaka no Jinbei (芋坂の甚兵衛)
in Yakudoshi ( 厄年); Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
( 双蝶々曲輪日記); Nakamura Kichiemon I
(中村吉右衛門) as Fukashichi (鱶七) and Sawamura
Sôjûrô VII (沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as Omiwa
(お三輪) in Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓); and
Bandô Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Nan
Yohê (南与兵衛) in Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki (
双蝶々曲輪日記).
Onoe Kikugorô VI (尾上菊五郎) as Asazuma
Plays: Imoseyama Onna Teikin (妹背山婦女庭訓);
Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記); Asazuma-bune (
浅妻船); Yakudoshi ( 厄年)
Performance Place: Shinbashi Enbujô, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/02/27
Print Date: 06/1927?
Artist: ?
Medium: Woodblock printed ehon sujigaki
cover
Note: The reason for two extra figures is
unknown. The prior sujigaki lists
Kikugorô VI as Motome (and Tokizô III as
Tachibana-hime). It is possible
that Omezô IV took over the role after the
opening and new sujigaki was
printed to reflect that change. The cover
also depicts Bandô Hikosaburô VI
(坂東彦三郎) as Imosaka no Jinbei (芋坂の甚兵衛) in
Yakudoshi ( 厄年);
Ichikawa Omezô IV (市川男女蔵) as Motome (求女),
Nakamura Tokizô III
(中村時蔵) as Tachibana-hime (橘姫), Nakamura
Kichiemon I (中村吉右衛門)
as Fukashichi (鱶七) and Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
(沢村宗十郎; 澤村宗十郎) as
Omiwa (お三輪) in Imoseyama Onna Tekin (妹背山婦女庭訓);
and Bandô
Mitsugorô VII (坂東三津五郎) as Nan Yohê (南与兵衛) in
Futatsu Chôchô
Kuruwa Nikki ( 双蝶々曲輪日記).
c. 1932-1933
Play: Asazuma-bune (浅妻船)
Print Date: c. 1932-1933
Artist: Kojima Gyokuhô (児嶋玉鳳)
Series: [One Hundred Songs Illustrated]
Uta-e Hyakuban (歌絵百)
Music Style: Nagauta (長唄)
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